Passamezzo Antico
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $125.00 | Score Only - $30.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II (doubling English Horn)
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (Tam-tam)
- Jawbone
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals (2)
- Tambourine (mounted)
- Timbales
- Tom-Toms
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Passamezzo Antico is a common name for one of the standard harmonic patterns used in the late Renaissance. This work, commissioned by The Baylor University Wind Ensemble, Michael Haithcock, conductor, is a fantasy loosely based on this progression. Pass’e mezzi, or passamezzi, (meaning either step-and-a-half, or passing measures) were used chiefly for dance and entertainment purposes, where performers would improvise over a steady progression. In written form, the passamezzi represented a sort of composers improvisation, and it is in this vein that the present work was conceived. Considerable liberty is taken with the standard progression in terms of rhythm, register, and, above all, style, as the music travels from the Renaissance to the modern era, and many points in-between. A typical example of the sixteenth-century variety, by Vincenzo Galilei (Galileo’s father), is quoted half way through the piece on mallet percussion.
-Program Note by composer
Awards
- Truman State University/MACRO Analysis Composition Competition, 2001
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor)
- Audio CD: University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David A Waybright, conductor).
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor) – 20 January 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Backwater Catfish
- Dig
- Fanatic Fanfare
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Medium Funk Prelude (2000)
- Passamezzo Antico
- Snake in the Garden
- Steps in Escher’s Castle, The
- Symphony II (2018)
- Typhon's Brood
Resources
None discovered thus far.